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LUTKUS v. KELLY

170 Conn. 252 (1976)

PATRICIA LUTKUS, ADMINISTRATRIX (ESTATE OF ALBERT LUTKUS) v. JOSEPH W. KELLY ET AL.

Supreme Court of Connecticut.

Decision released February 24, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Norman J. Voog, with whom, on the brief, were Richard J. Joseph, Mary McGuire Voog, John W. Fertig, Jr., and Donald C. Simmons, for the appellant (plaintiff).

Gregory C. Willis, with whom was Frederick W. Christie, for the appellee (named defendant).

HOUSE, C. J., LOISELLE, BOGDANSKI, LONGO and BARBER, JS.

LOISELLE, J.

This appeal arose from an action to recover damages for the death of the plaintiff's decedent, Albert A. Lutkus. The plaintiff alleged that the negligence of the defendant Joseph W. Kelly, the driver of the automobile leased by his employer and codefendant, Guardsmark, Inc., was the proximate cause of her decedent's death. The defendants denied the allegations of negligence and pleaded contributory negligence by the plaintiff's decedent as a special defense...

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